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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123577603&loc=SL6953676-111524

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PORTFOLIO LOANS - Summarize TDRs (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
PORTFOLIO LOANS - Summarize TDRs (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	4		8
Rate Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1	$ 136		$ 781
Payment Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1	$ 1,513		$ 986
Commercial
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	3	1	3
Commercial \| Rate Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1	$ 136	$ 364	$ 130
Commercial \| Payment Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1	$ 996	$ 0	$ 0
Retail real estate
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	1
Retail real estate \| Rate Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1	$ 0
Retail real estate \| Payment Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1	$ 517
Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract			1
Commercial real estate \| Rate Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1			$ 651
Commercial real estate \| Payment Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1			$ 0
Real estate construction
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract			4
Real estate construction \| Rate Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1			$ 0
Real estate construction \| Payment Modification
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment1			$ 986